i have worn dc shoes, dickies shorts (bought for work), quiksilver, billabong and brands of the sort. but recently i watched 'american history x' (yes, yes, for the first time) and noticed the word 'skin' tatooed across the fingers of the fat guy. then it dawned on me, there is a clothing brand called skin industries. is there a link? does anyone know who owns the clothing brand?
at that, i also noticed that the now clothing brand 'independent trucking company', makers of skateboard trucks, brandishes the iron cross. similar to the iron cross that hitler used. i discussed this with my uncle and apparently, independent made skateboard trucks in the 1970's when racism was more obvious. they took heat for it then and now continue using the iron cross.
one other thing, jesse james' west coast choppers uses a different variation of the iron cross too. as this never bothered me, have you ever driven on anaheim in long beach and passed the actual shop? there is a sign out front that reads 'black owned business'. so apparently someone there notices the inuendo.
any one else noticing these things?
this raises some concerns with me and thought i'd bring it up for discussion. i'm not crazy enough to launch an uprising on each of the above listed companies as i know not enough. hence the discussion.
what also strikes me odd are the minority groups wearing such articles of clothing brandishing these items without any knowledge of what it means, but they wear it merely cuz everyone else does. so at that, if enough people wore the swastikas, you think some jews would too?
if i'm attacking your clothing brand, i'm sorry, it's meant for discussion only.